Friday, November 2, 2018

The Trinity

The early believers never used the term and therefore there was no divisiveness regarding such a line of thinking.

The
term "trinity" was invented by theologians in an attempt to fit God
into their predetermined theological framework, something that is
totally unnecessary to do.

Jesus Christ is simply the "Son of God," the "Word made flesh," the agency through which all things were made.

Word = Logos

Logos
in the Greek denotes the "spoken word" or "expression." The term
denotes "reason" or "thought" and is where the English word "logic" is
derived.

Jesus is simply the expression of God to humanity in the
form of a human being. The Bible describes God as being both spirit and
incomprehensible. God, in sending forth His Son, expressed Himself
directly to humanity in the form of a human being (Son of Man) thus
setting forth the perfect example of the nature and principle of God,
that which is love. A love that is only truly manifested through the
Spirit (ie. God Himself).

Jesus spoke of the Holy Spirit as a
separate entity and yet at the same time identified Himself as the Holy
Spirit, something which those whom uphold the Trinity completely
overlook.

Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.Joh 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;Joh
14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because
it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you.Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.Joh 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.Joh 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.Joh
14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that
loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will
love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Jesus was the Spirit
of Truth whom dwelt with the Apostles and it is the Spirit of Truth whom
dwells in God's people, Christ in us, the hope of glory.

Both
the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ are simply expressions of God the
Father. Not a Trinity, simply ONE GOD whom has expressed Himself in time
and space that we can comprehend.

If we keep it simple we can
avoid the confusion and divisiveness. The early believers never mandated
some systematic approach to explaining God lest one be a heretic. They
simply taught that Jesus was the Son of God and that it was through Him
that all men might be saved, and preached the Cross as the means.

I have heard of that term,God can do whatever he wants as His ways are not our ways. Jesus was a Jew, and Jews were monotheists. (Deut. 6:4,5.). God the Father is the One True God and Jesus (God incarnate) and the Holy Spirit (the power of God) are expressions of God.

The Godhead is not the Trinity. I believe in the Godhead - Jesus is God in the flesh, so when Jesus said "if you've seen me, you've seen the Father" he was stating he was Divine. According to the Bible, no one has ever seen or heard God the Father, except Jesus. God is spirit.